24/27 The fellows their folks give five or six hundred pounds to and tell them they're not expected back till they're making a living. The best men find their level somewhere else, along recognized channels. Lord knows we don't want them--this country's for immigrants. We're manufacturing our own gentlemen quite fast enough for the demand." "I should think we were! Why, Lorne, Canadians--nice Canadians are just as gentlemanly as they can be! They'll compare with anybody. Perhaps Americans have got more style:" she weighed the matter; "but Canadians are much better form, I think. |